Completed Quests
*hee* Also, as a random note, a bouncy treasure chest was bouncing around my screen as I typed this post.
Angelic Scarf
Value: 640,000g
Bought: 02/17/06
Why quest for an angelic scarf?
Okay, here's my humble story behind it. I joined Gaia on Jan. 13, 2005, and once I got past the newbieness and found my way around, I told myself there was no way I could earn enough to buy an 03 donation item. They were just too expensive. So I set about collecting the 04 donation items I liked, starting with the kitsune mask (I collected 05 items on a rolling basis). Before long, I worked my way up to the expensive 04 items, such as the Junes and the slippers. And then, before I knew it, I have collected all the 04 items. Along the way, I have also amassed a huge avatar edit collection and several adopted pixels from the minishops forum.
Since I have bought my last 04 donation item (the chain wallet), I have been thinking about how good the angelic scarf looks. And then I started thinking about how good it will look with some of the avatar outfits I put together. So now that my modest aspirations have been fulfilled, I decided to be productive and tackle something that I originally thought was not possible. Yes, that is to quest for an 03 item, specifically, the angelic scarf.
This quest is different from my previous quests. First of all, I never made a quest thread before. I just decided I'll save up for a certain 04 item, save up, and then buy it when I have enough gold. But since this quest is much bigger than the other quests I have attempted, I figured a formal quest thread will help me organize myself. Second, I have started investing. As my gold count grew, it made more sense for me to invest in items that are likely to appreciate in the future while I continue to earn more gold. Third, this quest will be my most expensive and longest to date.
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Fuzzy Penguin Slippers
Value: 85,000g
Bought: 02/24/05
Why quest for penguin slippers?
The penguin slippers was one of the earliest donation items I have quested for and acquired. I poll-whored at Magical Poll Land for a long time before I was able to buy it. It's one of the very few items that I have bought with pure gold that I have earned, without including items in the trade or selling any of the items I own.
When I was very close to earning my angelic scarf, I decided to make an offer to a seller that includes my penguin slippers. At the time, I was not wearing my penguin slippers very much and I didn't like how its tops were cut off by jeans and leg warmers. It used to look so cute sticking out of legwear. However, this doesn't mean that I wanted to get rid of them. At the time, they were just the most expendable donation item I have. My other donation items were either worth very little, worth too much, or items that I use a lot.
Losing my penguin slippers left a gap in my inventory. My complete set of 2004 donation items is now no longer complete. It's a small price to pay for getting an angelic scarf. But I do want my penguin slippers back. Hence, I'm questing for them.
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A Furry, Kewt Hat
Value when I started the quest: 750,000g
Value when I finished the quest: 5,665,000g
Bought: 10/16/09
Why quest for an AFK?
Since I joined Gaia, I've been admiring the AFK. It's just too cute! Together with the angelic sash, they were my unattainable dreams. As time went by, I decided that the angelic sash isn't that appealing to me anymore and that the angelic scarf looks better. However, I still like the AFK. After earning my angelic scarf, I decided that I might as well quest for the AFK also. There's really nothing else for me to do. I know that I'll be questing for months. That's okay. It also took me months to earn my angelic scarf. Better to let those months pass by and earn an AFK in the end than to let those months pass by and still admire the AFK from afar.
Questing for the angelic scarf was pretty painful, and in the middle of it, I wondered myself if it was all worth it. I think it was. I also learned a lot from questing, which I would like to put to a good use in my AFK quest.
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Golden Laurels
Value: 3,060,000g
Bought: 10/19/09
Why quest for golden laurels?
Because I sold it for AFK funds, and without it, my 04 donation item collection is incomplete. Incomplete, I tells ya!
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Devil Tail
Value: 26,500,000g
Bought: 01/22/10
Why quest for a devil tail?
After I finished questing for my AFK, I took a breather and then went, "Hey, since I'm on a roll, why not continue and quest for a devil tail?" I always thought the devil tail was an unattainable item. When I was new on Gaia, I saw a user with a devil tail quest thread. He was ranting in another thread that everytime he got close to buying a devil tail, its price would go up by another 100,000g. Nowadays, I think users will be happy if that's all the amount they have to catch up to. And as a newbie back then, the prospect of paying a few hundred thousand gold for one item was beyond me. Fast forward a few months later. I was working on buying 04 donation items that I don't have. The main reason why I hesitated buying horns of the demon was because I knew that it goes really, really, really well with the devil tail. And that if I don't have a devil tail, wearing the horns alone would feel incomplete. So for a very long time I actually was turned off equipping my horns of the demon. Because by itself, it feels incomplete. So... I want a devil tail so my horns of the demon won't feel lonely. And besides, there was something awesome about getting something that I really thought was unattainable back when I was new on Gaia.
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Steel-Plated Ninja Band
Value: 4,000,000g
Bought: 01/26/10
Why quest for a steel-plated ninja band?
Because I used to have it and I threw it in my offer for a devil tail and now without it my collection of 04 donation items feel incomplete and it's like there's a hole in my inventory and I can't sleep without doing something about it and so I had to quest it back so I can feel whole again and I don't even like the little bugger but it's still part of my collection so I want it back!
